In this episode of Lykken on Lending we have a Hot Topic interview with David Hrobon, President and CEO at Wintrust Mortgage. Formed in 1979 in Denver, Colorado, Wintrust Mortgage is one of the top-20 bank-owned retail mortgage originators and loan servicers in the country, originating in excess of $4 billion in loans annually, in all 50 states. With more than 65 lending offices across the United States, and more than 150 bank branch locations in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, Wintrust Mortga...
Mar 11, 2019•33 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending we have a Hot Topic interview with David Hrobon, President and CEO at Wintrust Mortgage. Formed in 1979 in Denver, Colorado, Wintrust Mortgage is one of the top-20 bank-owned retail mortgage originators and loan servicers in the country, originating in excess of $4 billion in loans annually, in all 50 states. With more than 65 lending offices across the United States, and more than 150 bank branch locations in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, Wintrust Mortga...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 73
We just released a special interview over at Lykken on Leadership with Tony Meola! Tony Meola was the U.S. Consumer Operations Executive for Bank of America. In this role, he led holistic operation functions for the Consumer Banking and Legacy Asset Servicing businesses. Tony’s responsibilities included mortgage and specialty servicing operations, loss mitigation and liquidation for default mortgage servicing, collections and recovery, enterprise fraud and claims management, service delivery and...
Mar 09, 2019•57 min
On this episode of Lykken on Lending, David Lykken is at the Lenders One Summit happening in Austin, Texas. In the Hot Topic segment we'll have a special guest, Brian Simon, the new President of Lenders One! More than a conference, the Lenders One Summit is designed to bring together the smartest, most ambitious minds in mortgage to connect and grow. We all know the mortgage industry is a fast-paced industry and you need to evolve and adapt quickly. The Lenders One Summit provides a forum to lea...
Mar 04, 2019•20 min
On this episode of Lykken on Lending, David Lykken is at the Lenders One Summit happening in Austin, Texas. In the Hot Topic segment we'll have a special guest, Brian Simon, the new President of Lenders One! More than a conference, the Lenders One Summit is designed to bring together the smartest, most ambitious minds in mortgage to connect and grow. We all know the mortgage industry is a fast-paced industry and you need to evolve and adapt quickly. The Lenders One Summit provides a forum to lea...
Mar 04, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 72
In our Hot Topic segment today, Steven Sheasby, President and founder of Integrity Mortgage Licensing, talks about how he has worked with numerous mortgage companies with state mortgage licensing across the country. He has managed multiple compliance departments for nationwide lenders and brokers. His experience in mortgage licensing and other mortgage regulatory compliance issues has given him the inside track for dealing with the states, Integrity Mortgage Licensing Specialties: State Mortgage...
Feb 25, 2019•41 min
Check out the second half of our podcast today for the Hot Topic segment with Steven Sheasby, President and founder of Integrity Mortgage Licensing, talks about how he has worked with numerous mortgage companies with state mortgage licensing across the country. He has managed multiple compliance departments for nationwide lenders and brokers. His experience in mortgage licensing and other mortgage regulatory compliance issues has given him the inside track for dealing with the states, Integrity ...
Feb 25, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 70
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we're welcoming back Scott Gordon for our Hot Topic segment. Have you ever considered getting into the Reverse Mortgage segment? You'll want to listen to what Open Mortgage can offer. Scott Gordon is a serial entrepreneur with a professional education in software engineering, and an interest in start-ups and business investing. Currently the CEO of Open Mortgage, LLC, a mortgage banking company with 90+ retail offices in 47 states, wholesale, and corresponde...
Feb 18, 2019•27 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we're welcoming back Scott Gordon for our Hot Topic segment. Have you ever considered getting into the Reverse Mortgage segment? You'll want to listen to what Open Mortgage can offer. Scott Gordon is a serial entrepreneur with a professional education in software engineering, and an interest in start-ups and business investing. Currently the CEO of Open Mortgage, LLC, a mortgage banking company with 90+ retail offices in 47 states, wholesale, and corresponde...
Feb 18, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 69
After starting his business in possibly the worst year for financial markets i.e. 2008, Shashank Shekhar has led the company to be one of the fastest growing mortgage companies in America by helping thousands of families secure better financing for their homes. Arcus Lending was recently named to the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America (aka “Most Exclusive Club in Business”). This dramatic growth has been built on the pillars of legendary customer service and unrelen...
Feb 11, 2019•28 min
After starting his business in possibly the worst year for financial markets i.e. 2008, Shashank Shekhar has led the company to be one of the fastest growing mortgage companies in America by helping thousands of families secure better financing for their homes. Arcus Lending was recently named to the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America (aka “Most Exclusive Club in Business”). This dramatic growth has been built on the pillars of legendary customer service and unrelen...
Feb 11, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Our Hot Topic guest on the Lykken on Lending program today is Jeffrey Bode, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Mid America Mortgage, Inc. Topics Covered in this Episode: If a lender was notified by their warehouse bank that their line was being canceled and they need a solution to move forward how would this work?If someone had a loan that was intended to be sold to an aggregator or a bond loan that did not meet requirements how would they go about getting this loan ...
Feb 04, 2019•24 min
Our Hot Topic guest on the Lykken on Lending program today is Jeffrey Bode, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Mid America Mortgage, Inc. Topics Covered in this Episode: If a lender was notified by their warehouse bank that their line was being canceled and they need a solution to move forward how would this work?If someone had a loan that was intended to be sold to an aggregator or a bond loan that did not meet requirements how would they go about getting this loan ...
Feb 04, 2019•29 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending we've got Les Parker in our Hot Topic segment to share his macro view of the mortgage industry for 2019. The first half of the program will start with an MBA Mortgage Minute from Rob VanRaaphorst and then we’ll have a TMSpotlight Soundbite from Les Parker focusing on his macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. Next up is Joe Farr providing you a rate & market update, Alice Alvey of Union Home Mortgage providing a regulatory & leg...
Jan 28, 2019•44 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending we've got Les Parker in our Hot Topic segment to share his macro view of the mortgage industry for 2019. The first half of the program will start with an MBA Mortgage Minute from Rob VanRaaphorst and then we’ll have a TMSpotlight Soundbite from Les Parker focusing on his macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. Next up is Joe Farr providing you a rate & market update, Alice Alvey of Union Home Mortgage providing a regulatory & leg...
Jan 28, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Mortgage lending is being hit by multiple issues: from rising interest rates; generational changes, technology advancements---winning in 2019 requires lenders and their originators to change or become irrelevant. Today Pat Sherlock will discuss what should be a priority to survive in a more a difficult lending environment. Topics Covered in the Interview: 1. Can a Distributed retail structure survive in the new origination marketplace where consumers want 24/7 access? 2. Is adding technology the...
Jan 21, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 66
We're excited to welcome back to the program Seth Sprague, Executive Vice President at PHOENIX. As we head into 2019 it's clear that the interest rate volatility has been dramatic since we Seth was last on the program. Today he'll share his thoughts on how this has impacted the MSR market, originations and MSR values. Seth has over 25 years of mortgage banking experience, with emphasis on the mortgage servicing right (MSR) asset and an in-depth knowledge of MSR modelling techniques, MSR accounti...
Jan 14, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 65
In this interview David Lykken talks with David Stevens and Jim Parrott about their perspective about what can be expected from Calabria's leadership as he enters the Federal Housing Finance Agency. If you haven't read the article written by Jim Parrott, be sure to do that, it's a great article. Here's how the article by Jim starts: The most important question in housing policy heading into the new year has nothing to do with interest rates, housing supply, or home sales. It’s what kind of direc...
Jan 09, 2019•52 min
If you're in the mortgage industry, you know that there's a lot going on and that 2019 will have many opportunities. In today's Hot Topic, David interviews Barry Habib about his forecasts for 2019... you won't want to miss this episode! Barry Habib is an American Entrepreneur and frequent Media resource for his Mortgage and Housing expertise. Barry has had a long tenure with monthly appearances on CNBC and FOX. Barry is the CEO of MBS Highway; a company and platform created to help mortgage prof...
Jan 07, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In this special New Year’s Eve episode, David interviews Julian Sado with a focus on how changes are coming to the mortgage industry, and how essential it will be to develop new skills in order to pivot and grow in 2019. As the owner and brain behind PIVOT 2 CHANGE a consulting and training company located in Dallas, TX, Julian has been called the Neuro-Hacker within our industry because he has mastered the skills of behavioral coaching by utilizing his background in Neuro-Linguistic Programming...
Dec 31, 2018•55 min
Merry Christmas! We have a special episode today and it's a result of an interview that took place at the most recent MBA mPower event. How do you show up everyday? What do you want people to think of when you present yourself? Do you "Know Your Value?" David Lykken attended the MBA's mPower event and in this episode of Lykken on Lending you'll hear a great conversation about Mika Brzezinski's book, Know Your Value. Topics Covered in this Interview: 1. Authenticity, finding your voice, and knowi...
Dec 24, 2018•35 min
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, our guest in the Hot Topic segment is Seth Sprague, Executive Vice President at PHOENIX. Seth has over 25 years of mortgage banking experience, with emphasis on the mortgage servicing right (MSR) asset and an in-depth knowledge of MSR modeling techniques, MSR accounting and capital issues and MSR transaction management. Topics Covered in this Hot Topic Episode 1. Various motivations present within the MSR seller and MSR buyers today 2. What's going on in Was...
Dec 17, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 63
On today's show we have a very motivating interview in our Hot Topic today with a special guest, Kelly Resendez, EVP at Paramount Partners Group and founder at BigVoicesRise.com where you can increase your joy, reduce suffering and think differently! Kelly Resendez is a writer, speaker, EVP of Paramount Partners Group and founder of both Foundation to Sustainable Success and Big Voices-a women empowered network. She has published two books Foundation to Sustainable Success and the recent best se...
Dec 10, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 62
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we have Pat Sherlock, a mortgage sales expert for our hot topic section and we will be looking at sales strategies for 2019 in retail mortgage origination. Pat is founder and President of QFS Sales Solutions, a sales improvement consulting and training firm. Her firm delivers what actually works in today’s origination environment in hiring, managing and prospecting. Her clients have out-performed their peers by 30 to 50 percent by reducing employee turnover ...
Dec 03, 2018•55 min•Season 1Ep. 61
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David interviews Mat Ishbia, President & CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage/United Shore about key ingredients to finding success as a mortgage broker. From having an idea to create a more-perfect mortgage world to being the number one wholesale mortgage lender in the nation, Mat built United Shore and UWM with passion and a belief that success isn’t given. It’s earned through dedication and persistence. In the Hot Topic segment this week, David and Mat wi...
Nov 26, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 60
In this episode of Lykken on Lending we have Anthony Casa with us in the Hot Topic segment to talk about AIME. The Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME) has launched as an organization committed to empowering independent mortgage professionals and strengthening the wholesale mortgage channel to levels that haven’t been seen in the last decade. The association, founded by Anthony Casa, President of Garden State Home Loans and initiator of the recent Brokers Rallying Against Whole-Tai...
Nov 19, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 59
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we have Michael Huff, Head of Government and Stakeholder Relations of Ginnie Mae with us to discuss the current climate of the mortgage industry from his perspective. Michael Huff is a senior level strategic advisor and relationship manager experienced in government relations and corporate communications. Expert in policy and legislative advocacy with high impact results for organizations ranging from from small businesses to cabinet level executive branch d...
Nov 12, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, we have Nico (Nicholas de Ridder) from VidYard in our Hot Topic and we're looking at what is possible when it comes to making a first impression with video! What kind of impression are you making? Is your first impression something that makes you stand out? How can you help your customers connect with your company? Well, to start... check out this video from our guest today: CLICK TO WATCH Nico from VidYard Now that's a great first impression! Tune into the ...
Nov 05, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 57
In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David interviews Jake Fehling and Adam Constantine in the Hot Topic segment about their ideas of Social Media Marketing and the impact it's making at Movement Mortgage. Jake is the Vice President of Marketing for Movement Mortgage. A perennial member of the Inc. 5000 list, Movement is one of the fastest growing private mortgage lenders in the country. Jake previously held the roles of Vice President, Content & Social Strategy and Vice President, Communic...
Oct 29, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 56
What is your area of expertise? How are you positioning yourself so that your customers, employers, or co-workers can understand the value that you provide? In this episode of Lykken On Lending, David has Phil Treadwell as a guest for the Hot Topic segment. Phil Treadwell is a 15-year veteran of the mortgage industry, with knowledge and experience as both a top-producing mortgage banker and independent mortgage broker. Phil has been coached and mentored by some of the mortgage industry’s elite, ...
Oct 22, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 55
